The Football Association has scrapped plans to field Great Britain men's and women's football teams at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The FA wrote to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations on Monday to inform them of the decision after failing to gain their support and, on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed the plan has now been dropped, saying: "After careful discussion, The FA has decided not to enter either a women's or a men's team into the Rio Olympics 2016.